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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:BT-67
    Last Military Serial:42-100764 USAAF
    Construction Number:19227
    Last Civil Registration:C-GAWI
    Latest Owner or Location:Kenn Borek Air Ltd, Calgary, AB

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    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as a C-47A-70-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    7 December 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-100764.

    20 February 1944

    Transferred to 8th U. S. Air Force, England.

    24 March 1945

    Dropped paratrooper of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 17th Airborne Division in Operation Varsity.

    5 August 1945

    Returned to USA.

    16 November 1945

    Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corp., Walnut Ridge, AR.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC79017.

    7 February 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N79017 (DC3C-S4C4G, 19227) issued.

    April 1982


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Photographed from the control tower at DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    15 July 1998

    To Saber Cargo Airlines Inc, Charlotte, NC with c/r N79017.

    22 July 1999

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Charlotte/douglas International Airport (CLT) Charlotte, NC, United States while standing. The damage was substantial. Waiting on the ramp for taxi instructions, the copilot brought to the captains attention that the gear lock handle was out of the down and locked position. The latch handle would not return to the mid-position...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    4 January 2005

    To Basler Turbo Conversions Llc, Oshkosh, WI.

    In the inventory of Basler Turbo Conversions, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, WI.
    View the Location Dossier

    Converted to a BT-67 by Basler at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA.

    Civil registration N212FF reserved but not taken up.

    1 January 2007

    Civil registration, N79017, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    1 January 2007

    Certificate of airworthiness for N79017 (DC3C-S4C4G, 19227) issued.

    18 July 2007

    Civil registration, N79017, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    31 July 2007

    To Triumph Airways Ltd, Oshawa, ON with c/r C-GAWI.

    13 December 2007

    To Alci Aviation Ltd, Oshawa, ON.

    12 March 2008

    Civil registration, C-GAWI, cancelled.

    19 July 2008


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinabold
    Notes: Basler BT-67 (Turbo DC-3) - operated by Kenn Borek Air for the German Alfred Wegener Institute as a polar research aircraft -seen here at Muskoka airport (YQA) in 2008

    22 September 2009

    To Kenn Borek Air Ltd, Calgary, AB with c/r C-GAWI.

    7 January 2010

    Civil registration, C-GAWI, cancelled.

    30 August 2010


    Photographer: Josh Heppenstall
    Notes: C-GAWI, Oshawa airport, Canada

    14 July 2012


    Photographer: Josh Heppenstall
    Notes: C-GAWI, Svalbard.

    14 July 2012


    Photographer: Josh Heppenstall
    Notes: C-GAWI, Svalbard.


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